List of African-American newspapers in Alaska

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in Alaska. All of them have been published in Anchorage, the state's largest city.

Front page of Alaska's first African-American newspaper, The Alaska Spotlight, from 1956.

The first African American newspaper in the Territory of Alaska (1912-1959) was The Alaska Spotlight, which began publication in 1952 when Alaska was not yet a state.[1]

Newspapers
City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Anchorage Crusader 1974[2] 1974[2] Weekly[2]
  • OCLC 39325095
  • Edited by Margaret L. Roblow Neal.[2]
Anchorage The Anchorage Gazette 1992[3] Monthly,[4] weekly,[5][6] or irregular[3][7]
  • Suspended from May 1993 to December 1995.[3]
  • Published by Elgin R. Jones.[3]
Anchorage Midnight Sun Reporter 1962[8] 1960s[9] Weekly[8]
  • Published by James N. Owens.[8]
  • Published through at least 1964. Suspended publication from 1962 to 1964.[9]
  • Weekly circulation reached 2500 in 1962.[8]
Anchorage The New Horizon[10] 1976[11] ?[11] Weekly[11]
  • Edited by Alberta Jones.[11]
  • Published through at least 1978.[11]
Anchorage The North Star Reporter[12] 1982[13] 1983?[12] Twice-monthly[12]
  • Published through at least 1983.[11]
Anchorage The Alaska Spotlight 1952[14] 1960s[14] Weekly[14]
  • Published by George C. Anderson[14]
  • Extant through 1968.[15] Defunct by 1970.[8]
Anchorage Anchorage Town Crier 1994[16] 1990s Biweekly[16]
  • Edited by Dorothy Cox.[16]
  • Published through at least early 1995.[16]
Anchorage Vox Populi 1978?[17] 1980s[17] Monthly newspaper[17]
  • Published through at least 1981.[17]
  • Edited by Al Stills.[17]
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Works cited

References
  1. Smith 2012, p. 409.
  2. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 25.
  3. "About The Anchorage gazette. [online resource] (Anchorage, Alaska) 1992-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  4. Hayes, James L.; Guindon, Kathleen M. (1994). Burrelle's Media Directory-1995. p. 553.
  5. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 44, para. 446.
  6. Alaska Blue Book 1993-94. 1993. p. 311.
  7. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 19.
  8. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 106.
  9. "About Midnight sun reporter. (Anchorage, Alaska) 1962-196?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  10. Overstreet 1988, p. 131.
  11. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 29.
  12. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 430, para. 4479.
  13. "About North star reporter. (Anchorage, Alaska) 1982-198?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  14. "About The Alaska spotlight. [online resource] (Anchorage, Alaska) 1952-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  15. Danky & Hady, p. 32, para. 324.
  16. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 21.
  17. Alaska State Library 2000, p. 35.
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